Visual Diagnosis: New Lung Nodules in a 3-year-old Girl with Wilms Tumor.

The most significant oncologic concern with finding new pulmonary nodules on imaging in a pediatric patient who has anaplastic Wilms tumor is progressive disease with new pulmonary metastases. This case emphasizes the importance of employing a creative clinical differential diagnosis, even for patients with known underlying oncologic disease.

Threading the cloak: palliative care education for care providers of adolescents and young adults with cancer.

Medical providers are trained to investigate, diagnose, and treat cancer. Their primary goal is to maximize the chances of curing the patient, with less training provided on palliative care concepts and the unique developmental needs inherent in this population. Early, systematic integration of palliative care into standard oncology practice represents a valuable, imperative approach to improving the overall cancer experience for adolescents and young adults (AYAs).

Room to roar: eliciting the perspectives of adolescent oncology patients.

This reflection focuses on a patient with both nonresponsive lymphoma and verbal nonresponsiveness. The lessons learned through this patient interaction have the potential to inform purposeful inclusion of the adolescent patient’s voice.

Asceticism imposed: the desert theology of oncology.

The author reflects on the similarities between ascetic living and the oncology patient’s experience resulting from disease-directed treatments.